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Pregnancy horrors?

27 replies

GinLoverSharon · 22/08/2017 01:28

Hello mums!
I was chatting with a girlfriend earlier about the worst pregnancy side effects we had experienced. What were some of yours? Mines heartburn everytime!! Smile Bear

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Expectingbsbunumber2 · 22/08/2017 06:50

Constipation!! 🙈

DaisysStew · 22/08/2017 07:02

Horrendous sickness and vomiting from being a few weeks pregnant right up to about 30 weeks. It cleared and I had 2 glorious weeks - then the heartburn from hell started. Was very glad to give birth Grin

MagicMoneyTree · 22/08/2017 13:19

Not just constipation, but bum hole mucus as a side effect of that. Grim.

DovahBee11 · 22/08/2017 13:33

Heartburn (constantly from 16 weeks with my second) was horrendous.

Anatidae · 22/08/2017 13:35

Vomiting twenty times a day for nine months, and having spd so badly i was in considerable pain.

Neither issue resolved fully after birth.

Llogan2016 · 23/08/2017 21:20

Sickness! From 5 to 16 weeks was dreadfully Ill. 37 weeks now and can't sleep it's driving me insane!

MissJC · 23/08/2017 21:23

Bloomin haemorrhoids that never ever leave.

grasspigeons · 23/08/2017 21:27

Heartburn, haemorrhoids, spd, gestational diabetes and particularly severe obsteric cholestasis
I'm not having any more - the spd never cleared up.

Urglewurgle · 23/08/2017 23:09

Piles and aforementioned bum-hole mucus! I'm currently 26+2 and in bloody agony with my bum.

Baby is also battering me inside my pelvis/fanjo and it's sooo not comfortable!

Bobbiepin · 23/08/2017 23:11

Sickness, sciatica and unwillingly making grunting noises like I'm 70 when I try to stand up. I'm 27 ffs!

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WhingyNinja · 23/08/2017 23:28

PUPPP. A hideous, all over body rash that sometimes doesn't go away until you give birth. I was shown mercy and it only lasted 3 weeks but it was agony, I was covered head to toe in hydrocortisone and emollients and couldn't sleep due to intense itching. That and the never ending nausea and occasional vomiting. Joy!! Confused

mumonthesedge · 23/08/2017 23:33

Acne all over my face down my back and across my chest. Cleared up once my DD was born.

meltingmarshmallows · 23/08/2017 23:34

PGP Sad

Mum2oneds · 24/08/2017 00:31

Am I being dim... Bum hole mucus?

Oysterbabe · 24/08/2017 07:04

Just the whole slow digestive transit thing. I feel full all the time.

Anatidae · 24/08/2017 07:25

I'm not having any more - the spd never cleared up.

@grasspigeons It doesn't always self resolve and often needs active treatment. The excercises physios give you won't fix it either. You need a combination of hands on manipulation and then excercises directed at the abdominal core to keep it in check.

You need to see either a physical specialist who specialises in pgp (there's a technique they use and I can't remember the bloody name) or an osteopath that specialises in women's health. The pelvic girdle partnership website has some names on their website.
After that you need to strengthen your core (the restore your core programme is good) and you may need occasional tune ups.

My osteopath saw me twice and I'd say that alone sorted three quarters of it - it shouldnt need months of treatments but it's NOT a purely hormonally triggered issue. It's almost always an existing instability that's aggravated by the looseness of logaments during pregnancy. Without active treatment it may not resolve.

As with so many issues during pregnancy (HG being another) there is far too much 'put up and shut up' and far too little willingness to treat.

usernamessuck123 · 24/08/2017 08:01

I second PUPPP - I've had it about a week and spend all day and night itching, in tears. I'm walking round smothered in Calamine Lotion and there is NOTHING doctors can do for it.

Tattybogle89 · 24/08/2017 08:12

Anyone got vulval varicode veins? Very sore. Why is pregnancy so sexy

10storeylovesong · 24/08/2017 10:31

Horrendous sickness until week 18 then starting again at week 30, now accompanied more often than not with wetting myself as I violently vomit (including once in the hairdressers). Severe anaemia so I'm breathless and knackered constantly, but the tablets make me vomit even more. 34 weeks now and counting down the days already!

silkpyjamasallday · 24/08/2017 11:51

Vomiting multiple times a day from a few days after conception until labour. It is the main reason we are only having one baby, I couldn't do it again, especially not with another child to look after.

WhingyNinja · 24/08/2017 12:48

I'm sending you a very gentle (so as to not agitate your poor skin) hug usernamesucks123.

I really hope it clears up for you soon, how far along are you? I bought pine tar soap and that didn't seem to work for me so I stuck to Dermol 500 and 1% hydrocortisone.

All the best FlowersBrew

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MagicMoneyTree · 24/08/2017 21:58

Mum2oneds it's like cervical mucus, but comes from your arse as your body attempts to grease the pathway for your hard stools. You're welcome.

Tattybogle89 · 24/08/2017 22:02

😂

WhingyNinja · 25/08/2017 12:38

You learn something new every day, Magic! Wink

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